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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...working-class life in the North East while other groups appeared like The London Film-Makers Co-operative, as well as co-ops with more specific agendas, for example, the London Women’s Film Co-op and black and Asian workshops such as Sankofa. Many of these have disappeared but there still remains the Lux. Many mainstream directors emerged from these, and while some,...
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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...working at all levels of music education would be out of work if it didn't! From my own experience I can say without hesitation that understanding how music works, learning how it's put together, can indeed enrich the listening experience and make one fully appreciate the finer details of what makes music 'tick'. I'm going to look at different ways of encouraging you to...
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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...work qualifications. Transcript Child criminal exploitation takes a variety of forms and there is confusion about what it encompasses – for instance, does it include children as well as young people? In short, it does, because in law children are defined as all those under 18 years of age. The concern about child criminal exploitation relates to those children who have...
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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...work outside the home. However, in addition they suggest that there could be two plausible routes whereby difficult temperament could influence mothers’ decisions on whether to work outside the home. The first could be that mothers find the problems of rearing the child with difficult temperament too aversive and therefore opt to go out to work to avoid the hassles of...
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Article 15 mins
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...work out how long it has taken to fall. Mathematics provides a natural medium for rational argument. Given an equation that relates various quantities, the rules of mathematics allow that equation to be re-expressed in a number of different but logically equivalent ways, all of which are valid if the original equation was valid. Given two equations, mathematical reasoning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...work. Early childhood refers to a distinct phase of development, from birth to age 8, encompassing nutrition and physical and emotional well-being as well as cognitive growth. This phase overlaps with primary education, since most children go to school at age 5 or 6. Early childhood education is often distinct from primary education, focusing on young children’s social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...work for them (see Patronage). Cosimo’s grandson, Lorenzo, continued this patronage, encouraging a great flourishing of art, music and poetry. Humanism Humanism was the great intellectual movement of the Renaissance. Humanists rediscovered Greek or Latin classics, believing them to contain the lessons individuals needed to lead a moral and purposeful life. From this...
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Article 30 mins
World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...working women and was prompted by this experience to found a branch of the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women in the North East. In 1862, after moving to London, Davies was able to pursue her developing interest in women’s rights. She helped put together the first women’s suffrage petition, presented to Parliament in 1866. Davies believed that...
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